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Personal info

Full name
WOOD, Donza
Date of birth
12 February 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Johnston, Johnston County, North Carolina
Hometown
Grantham, Wayne County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34867160
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
114th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 February 1945
Place of death
Near Sarreguemines, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 3 61

Immediate family

Members
Anderson W. Wood (father)
Cora (Lee) Wood (mother)
Mary E. Wood (sister)
Lou E. Wood (sister)

More information

Pfc Donza E. Wood attended high school for one year and worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 15 June 1944.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his stomach and neck.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Andrews Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy